Too clear and big for the Klick. Don't remember any spots on Rogue or Ump like this. With pine beetle and road and like this, l'll guess Thompson or Frazier.

Looks like the Nicola, a trib of the Thompson.

I've seen parts of the Trinity that look just like that.

Chetco or Sixes?

Hankster--
Good eye, it is the Trinity!
We just drove from Redding to Crescent City and that river was flat beautiful. Every business along 299 had Steelhead in their name so it shows what their focus is.
Never fished it but now I will make it a destination next trip so I can drift this one!
Anyone fished it and how was it?

Thats Trinity between Pigeon point and Big flat. I have family from
Willow creek. The river in the upper stretches above where you took that pic is mobbed by flyfisherman in the fall fishing Indicators out of the boat.

At first glance I wanna say it looks like the Rogue. Somewhere just above Grave Creek.

But after looking at the photo again, I'm starting to doubt myself.

I lived in Hoopa for a spell and fished the Trinity a lot..the Klamath as well. The indians in Hoopa were recently not allowing any non-tribal fishing on the rez, but I think they've had second thoughts on that. There are still some there who won't like seeing any white eyes, so use caution. If you only wanted to fish the Trinity, start your drifts at Lewiston on down. I haven't fished that river in too long as I fell in love with the Smith.

Another option is fishing around Weitchpec, where the Trinity meets the Klamath. Take Hwy 96 at Willow Creek, drive through the rez and it's about 25 miles..give or take.

Here's a couple of sites for info on fishing those areas.

TRINITY RIVER

KLAMATH RIVER

Here's another site for Humboldt/Trinity fishing.

Trinity River Fishing News

I was gonna say the smith.Wrong.Good luck,
SZ

Hank, post that picture of the Trinity that you sent me a few years ago, if you still have it.

I was gonna say the same thing having just driven down that way in April. . .. ..Beautiful section of country .. . .too bad it is still in CA . . ..

One of the things that keeps me here.

I'll be making that drive from Redding to Eureka in a couple of weeks.

Love that part of the state.

The woman wants to move down that way (the Willits area not SF), I just don't know that we can do it with the way the economy/job marked is . . .. not to mention some of the retarded gun laws CA has. . ..

Pretty country, awesome looking rivers, hard to throw a rock without hitting a dirty hippie though ( I tried when I was there last) .. .

I'll be in Eureka on the 13th for a week-long ocean fishing trip..staying in a friend's cabin in Miranda, right on the Eel.

I was gonna guess The Eel.

The Eel is in Redwood country and it's wetter there..no brown hillsides.

I won't be down until the Labor day holiday Hank. Girlfriend and I are doing the houseboat thing on lake Shasta, then driving back to Napa via Hwy 101 and 1 with a night with either Garberville or Ft. Bragg.

Good luck on your salmon trip. I hear the Cali north coast is the place to be this summer.